Sports Premiere Creation Challenge
NBA League, in the last midseason semi-finals, the Los Angeles Lakers narrowly defeated the Suns 106-103 at home, eliminating their opponents and advancing to the Final Four!
The most eye-catching thing about this game was that in the last minute of the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers took a timeout and caused controversy, when there were only 7 seconds left in the game, the Lakers led by 2 points, after which Reaves lost the ball, the referee blew the whistle, and the camera replay showed that James called a timeout at the first time, avoided a key mistake, and finally helped the team win the game in a thrilling way!
While marveling at James's amazing sophistication, we also saw the 39-year-old veteran once again play a historic individual performance, this game James played 40 minutes, 31 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists and 5 steals on 12-of-25 shooting, especially in the Lakers' 23 points in the fourth quarter, James himself scored or assists contributed the first 19 points, during which the Suns only scored a total of 15 points, James shot 75% from the field during this period, 0 turnovers, plus 3 rebounds.
James' stats in this game set a 77-year record!He became the first player in Lakers history to finish with 30 points, 10 assists, five rebounds and five steals since Magic Johnson against the Warriors in 1987. Since the NBA began tallying steals in the 1973-74 season, James has become the oldest player in history to score 30 points + 10 assists + 5 steals in a single game, and no player over the age of 35 has done it before!
In addition, James also became the first player in history to play two scoring 30+ games more than 20 years apart. On November 29, 2003, James scored 33 points for the Cavaliers, and on December 5, 2023, James scored 31 points for the Lakers, a time span of more than 20 years!
This game is also a matchup between James and Durant, the kings of the league!The stats of both are quite impressive, and the 35-year-old Durant played 39 minutes, scoring 31 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists on 12-of-17 shooting. After this game, Durant's regular season career record against James has become 6-18, and he has not won against James for more than 2,000 days, and this time he was eliminated by James himself.
According to **, James averaged 26 per game in the mid-season tournament2 points 80 rebounds 82 assists 18 steals and shot 564% and 53 three-point shooting7%, leading the Lakers to a 5-0 record in this year's midseason, and is expected to hit the midseason MVP trophy!